2010.54.6921

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You stand for justice and I'm proud to stand here with you
Circa 1968
23.75 in HIGH x 17.62 in WIDE
(60.33 cm HIGH x 44.77 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.6921

Bottom center has a small UFW flag union label. Right edge of preproduction has: "Oil on wood; Artist: Hess".





Poster has a gray background overall. Poster has a large color photographic reproduction of a painting on several boards. The painting depicts Robert F. Kennedy in a brown suit standing with a crowd of other figures. Three flags rise from the crowd behind Kennedy the flags of: the United States of America, Mexico, and the U.F.W. To the right of the flags above the crowd is a sign with an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. In the foreground the lower right corner of the painting is Cesar Chavez seen in profile from the neck up. The bottom of the poster has text in black: " 'You stand for justice and I'm proud to / stand here with you.' / Senator Robert F. Kennedy in Delano at the end of Cesar Chavez's fast on March 11, 1968.".

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